Remember a few years back when you could count on MSNBC to provide racially diverse, no-apologies progressive commentary, such as the network’s profile of Dr. Ben Carson titled “Blinded by the White” and accompanied by a graphic of an albino elephant?

Just where is MSNBC headed? The network this week announced it had signed George F. Will, and there were reports Hugh Hewitt had been approached as well for a weekend show. Then, on Thursday, word got out that MSNBC had brought on eight new contributors — all white men.

MSNBC just internally announced the addition of 8 new contributors — all white men

Hold up … that report isn’t entirely accurate. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., chair of the Center for African-American Studies at Princeton, announced later in the day that he had joined NBC/MSNBC as a contributor.